Anthony Borden

IWPR Executive Director

US & NL Governance Committees; Finance Committee; Nominations Committee

Tony is the founder of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting. He was editor of the highly regarded IWPR magazine War Report from 1991-98 and was commended for the “Best Online Journalism Service” in the 1999 NetMedia journalism awards, for IWPR's reporting on the Kosovo crisis. He has worked with the UK's Department for International Development assessing media programs in post-communist countries. He has received a MacArthur Foundation NGO research fellowship to study media and conflict at King’s College, London. He has worked as an editor and writer for Harper's, The Nation, The American Lawyer and HarperCollins, and contributed to The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek and numerous other publications. He comments regularly on conflict and media issues for the BBC, CNN and other media. Tony is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Ukraine War Diary by Anthony Borden Reporting from Ukraine by IWPR founder and executive director.

Stories by the Author

‘Andre’, pseudonym of a Ukrainian officer, shows off a camp in sight of Mykolaiv, where 1,000 Russian troops assembled in late February, aiming for Odesa. The remains from a Ukrainian surprise attack are littered across the field, including a trophy Russian T-shirt. © Anthony Borden

Ghost Villages on the Mykolaiv Front

Few remain in what has become a sparsely populated no-man’s land.

19 Aug 22

Family members mourn the death of Ruslan Nechyporenko, 47, after his funeral on April 18, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. His body was found in Bucha after Russian soldiers withdrew weeks before, one of at least 700 murdered civilians found in towns around Kiev, according to authorities. The slayings launched investigations for possible war crimes perpetuated by Russian forces during the occupation. © John Moore/Getty Images

Ukraine Justice Report

IWPR project will document long, painful and essential journey to bring Russia’s military impunity to an end.

2 Aug 22

Ukrainian tank crew trains with infantry nearby on May 09, 2022 near Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. © John Moore/Getty Images

Analysis: Intelligence Report Warns of “Absolute Inequality” on the Battlefield

“By not providing missile defence systems in sufficient quantities, the West will make a historic mistake that will cost hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives.”

10 Jun 22